While ordering a crew cut is easy, since it’s on the menu, what about other kinds?
Can you just go “I’d like a men/women’s haircut” and leave it at that, or do you need something more specific, like saying you want a Charlestone done by a No. 3 to the sides, and a 4 up top?
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Make me look like Mr Clean.
Consequently I have not been to a hair salon in 30 years, a razor in the shower is all I need. Although one day I would like to have the whole hot towel shaved head treatment at a professional barber.
I used to do that on my birthday – just for the face, though.
Because it’s fucking awesome.
“Hello fellow human. I require a haircut. Something like this please shows picture. Thank you”
“Like it is now…only shorter.”
Pretty much.
Just reverse this shape by a few months.
I bring a picture of myself with the haircut I want.
Husband says tight fade, zero to very short on top and that gets him what he wants, he goes to the same barber lady all the time, she doesn’t speak English and he doesn’t speak Spanish but they still manage to communicate the haircut information.
I bring a picture of myself with the haircut I want.
This is awesome. I have pics of great haircuts I’ve had, for when I move and need a new barber.
#2 on the sides, tapered up to finger length up top. Leave me some extra in the front
1-2 on the sides, blend to longer on top, usually comb it over messy like this, just needs to be shortened up on top.
You need to be more specific. The last thing barbers need is having to guess what you want.
I get a 4 on the sides, a low taper to 0 on the back, and then say how much I want off top in inches. Letting them know how I comb/style my hair seems helpful as well.
You can also just google a hairstyle and show them a picture.
No guard till middle of the ear, #1 with a high and tight fade, finger length on top with a little longer in the front, textured, white walled and squared off.
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I just ask them to please do anything they can to fix whatever my hair is doing, inasmuch as possible, and to remove as much volume as they can without it getting out of control (too long, and it’s a chaotic uncontrollable mess; too short and it’s also a chaotic uncontrollable mess; these two states sometimes overlap… but I don’t want to shave the whole damn thing).
It usually works for a week or two until it starts getting long enough to start getting completely out of control again.
“A #6 on the sides please, fade it to about an inch shorter than it currently is on top.”
i show them a picture of my cock. please make my head look like this.
gets the curling iron
You think that’s hard?
Last year my dentist/denturist asked my what I wanted my teeth to look like!
It was unreal, trying to develop an aesthetic preference for teeth. It was actually quite eye-opening. I did find that I had a very strong opinion about it. I haven’t quite gotten to the end product, but I now know what I want.
I recommend photos, but also to be careful in explaining what you like about the photo. It’s easy to latch on to one aspect of a style, not realizing that an attempt to reproduce other aspects might end up completely ignoring what drew you to it in the first place.
“Listen, dentist. You asked me what I wanted my teeth to look like and I told you. Several rows of razor sharp shark teeth, pronto.”
Feral, canine.
Depends on how picky you are. For me, I don’t really care so I say “3 on the sides, trim / a little shorter-or- longer on top”.
I throw up some confusing explanation with gestures before my barber does the same haircut they did to me for 5+ something years. Idk what would I do if they retire.
Mines pretty simple. Clippers (#2) on the back and sides, scissors up top.
Same, 2 on sides 3 inches off the top, sometimes it’s “leave 2-3 inches on the top”
Business on the sides, party on top.
Or at least a small intimate gathering on top.
I don’t have a perfect hairline so having that extra length just gives more styling options without looking my age
